"It is growing into an angry, scolding tone". He said he finds it "sad" -- "especially after all the talk of our mission to 'save the Iraqis.' " The long-term effect of blaming Iraqis also could be poisonous, said Juan Cole, a University of Michigan specialist in Middle Eastern issues.
One noteworthy intersection of theoretical ethics with forthcoming empirical research will focus on the interpersonal effects of blaming and judgments about blameworthiness for implicit bias.[35] This research aims to have practical ramifications for mitigating intergroup conflict as well, of course.
The main effect of self-blame was significant [b =.15, 95% confidence interval.05-.26 .05-.265, total R2 =.10].
G × E models predicting teacher report of Oppositionality yielded a main effect of self-blame [b =.15, 95% confidence interval.03-.26 .03-.26, total R2 =.06].
For Cognitive Problems, there was a significant main effect of self-blame [b =.21, 95% confidence interval.09-.32 .09-.321, total R2 =.07].
For the ADHD index, results again indicated a significant main effect of self-blame [b =.29, 95% confidence interval.19-.40 .19-.401, total R2 =.08].
A main effect of self-blame emerged [b =.20, 95% confidence interval.08-.31 .08-.311, total R2 =.07], whereas all G × E interactions involving self-blame and 5HTTLpR showed no hint of an effect (ps >.41).
Results revealed a significant main effect of self-blame for the total ADHD Index raw score [b =.19, 95% confidence interval.08-.29 .08-.293, total R2 =.11], indicating an increase in total ADHD symptoms with higher reports of self-blame.
The significant main effect of self-blame was again observed in predicting parent report for both Cognitive Problems [b =.30, 95% confidence interval.19-.41 .19-.411, total R2 =.06] and Hyperactivity [b =.12, 95% confidence interval.01-.23, p =.03, total R2 =.08].
Our results provide the first empirical evidence of the aversive effects of caregiver blame on their psychological well-being.
